Japan
Photo: Quercus acuta, CC BY-SA 4.0, croppedRamen
ラーメン
Recording: JthomasP, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- When
- Lunch & dinnerLate night
- Taste
- SavoryRich
- Made with
- Wheat & flourPorkEgg
History
Ramen arrived with Chinese cooks. In the late 1800s the Chinatowns of Yokohama and other treaty ports served wheat noodles made springy with alkaline water, in a hot broth. Japanese diners called the dish shina soba or chūka soba, "Chinese noodles", and in 1910 a Tokyo shop called Rairaiken made it a cheap everyday meal. After the Second World War, American wheat imports and returning soldiers who had eaten noodles in China turned it into a national obsession, and instant ramen followed in 1958. Today almost every region has its own bowl: miso in Sapporo, pork-bone tonkotsu in Fukuoka, soy sauce in Tokyo.
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